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What
are restrictions for outboard motors and personal watercrafts on
Lake Minnetonka?
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Noise
No person shall operate any watercraft or boat, on Lake Minnetonka
which is capable of exceeding a noise level on the A scale measured
at a distance of 50 feet or more from the watercraft or boat of: ·
80 decibels in the case of marine engines or motorboats; or · 79 decibels
in the case of personal watercraft water jet pump engines manufactured
after January 1, 1992.
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Size of Watercraft
No person shall maintain, locate, store or operate a boat or watercraft
on Lake Minnetonka which is either a) more than seventy (70) feet
in length or b) more than twenty (20) feet in width; provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not apply to boats or watercraft which
are used exclusively for dredging, construction, lake maintenance
or similar activities, and which do not carry passengers for hire.
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Speed Restrictions
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Marine engines
or motorboats
40 mph daytime
20 mph nighttime
5 mph slow minimum wake in marked quiet waters areas, within 150
feet of shore, within 150 feet of swim areas or swimmers, scuba
flags, or docks (except dock from which operating)
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Personal watercraft
· Slow no-wake speed (5 MPH or less) within 300 feet of the shoreline,
within 150 feet of any swimmer, anchored boat, person fishing, mooring,
dock or other water structure. (unless the personal watercraft is
being driven perpendicular to the shoreline and to or from the nearest
point of water 300 feet from the shoreline or parallel to the shoreline
from one location to another in a manner which is not repetitive)
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No motorboats
in Bruhn Channel
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Find out the boating restrictions on your lake
Department
of Natural Resources-Water Surface Use Regulations
Information adapted from:
Lake Minnetonka
Conservation District-Chapter III. Regulation of Watercraft
Lake
Minnetonka Conservation District-Personal Watercraft Rules |
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